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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation expects more banks to fail in 2010, increasing the operating budget 35% to $4 billion dollars. Over 1,600 new...
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation expects more banks to fail in 2010, increasing the operating budget 35% to $4 billion dollars. Over 1,600 new...
The Federal Housing Administration repealed the second appraisal requirement for loans exceeding $417,000 in declining markets, and for cash-out refinances. The two appraisal mandate...
Many properties can exhibit some form of obsolescence - either functional, external or both. Don't know what that term means? You're not alone. Real...
Nerd alert This post contains technical information on how to setup Google Apps for your domain. The process isn’t extremely complicated – fairly similar...
Indianapolis based appraisal management company StreetLinks has established a $1,000,000 fund to pay a performance guarantee to its clients, saying that it ensures their...
Microsoft Outlook is one of the most widely used email clients around. It also comes with it’s limitations, like trying to quickly find an...
The amount of FHA loans has skyrocketed in the last few months, primarily because they require lower down payments than conventional loans. I’ve mentioned...
Since May 1st the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) has caused chaos with real estate transactions. Talk to any Realtor or mortgage broker...
Recently the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) has been blamed for being the main reason appraisal values are low. It definitely hasn’t helped...
Tweet-ups seem to be the latest rage with kids these days. I've seen it mentioned a couple times in my area but the trend...
Yeah I said it – I’m no expert … when it comes to photography. Besides a home’s asking price, good marketing will help set...
According to a recent press release from the Mortgage Bankers Association, government insured loan applications (FHA & VA) dramatically increased to 35.9% for the...
It isn’t hot-off-the-presses news anymore that the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) has really affected real estate transactions. But NAR wanted to find...
The Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) between lenders and appraisers went into effect June 1st. There’s been many comments about how real estate...
NAR released their May Existing-Home Sales Report on Tuesday. Fortunately chief economist Lawrence Yun has the answer to why the housing market remains weak...
One reason I was brought on board here at AG is because I’m both a Realtor and Certified Residential Appraiser. In the 8 years...
I worked at TGI Friday’s for nearly 8 years – after Tom Cruise helped make it famous by flipping bottles in the movie Cocktail...
What is SquareSpace? An alternative platform to WordPress, Blogger, Typepad, etc. for creating a real estate blog. How does it work? It breaks the...
Zappos, an online shoe store, seems to have turned the world upside down when it comes to customer service - free shipping both ways,...
Recently both Century 21 and The Realty Alliance have partnered with REALTOR.com® to provide their agents with Showcase Listing Enhancements.